The cost of a visa for international students has quietly been more than doubled. A stark 125 per cent fee hike from $710 to $1600 will be implemented from July 1, with the funds to be reinvested back into the tertiary eduction and vocational sector and used for the implementationContinue Reading
The federal government’s program to fund 500 frontline family and domestic violence workers continues to come under fire after it was revealed only 63 workers had been employed. In October 2022, the government announced women’s safety as a national priority allocating almost $170m over four years to recruit 500 newContinue Reading
“If war broke out tomorrow, would you fight to defend Australia?” A handful of men were asked this question on the streets of Melbourne last week, with some admitting they would not stand at arms for the nation. In a video conservative journalist Fred Pawle posted to his social mediaContinue Reading
Queensland Premier Steven Miles has responded to Townsville Mayor Troy Thompson’s damning interview on A Current Affair where he admitted to misleading voters about his education, business acumen and military career. In the explosive interview, Mr Thompson revealed he never completed university, exaggerated his military service, and committed forgery. HeContinue Reading
A mum has hit back at those who are criticising her for making her four-year-old son into a child influencer. Nina Gonthier’s son Jerome has his own Instagram profile with 97,000 people following along. Jerome’s account outshines his influencer and model mother’s account by 25,000 followers with the Queensland boyContinue Reading
Courtney Dunkerton has been transitioning for more than four years and says the trans community often refers to the ongoing stigma they face at medical appointments as the “trans broken arm syndrome”. “It’s when our ‘transness’ takes over the whole appointment,” she told NewsWire. Ms Dunkerton lives in regional WAContinue Reading
The number of international students universities can enrol will be tied to their construction of suitable accommodation under a major immigration crackdown by the federal government. Labor is under pressure to assure voters it can halve the net overseas migration intake from a record 528,000 last year to a promisedContinue Reading
Universities will be forced to cap numbers of overseas student enrolments as part of Labor’s efforts to ease pressures on Australia’s housing market and slash the migration intake ahead of the next election. The federal government will introduce new legislation to set limits for the maximum number of new internationalContinue Reading
A union has called out a “troubling” lack of transparency plaguing Australia’s higher education sector after revealing more than one in four positions on university boards are filled with representatives from the corporate mining and finance industries. National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) research has revealed that of the 545 councilContinue Reading
Blocking children’s access to social media would be an ineffective way to protect young people from online dangers, experts say, as leaders grapple with a deluge of distressing online content. The federal opposition has revived calls to trial age verification on social media, in an attempt to shield young childrenContinue Reading